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Help identifying an entire garden?

Hi, A few years ago, I purchased a home formerly owned by an enthusiastic gardener who planted many beautiful perennial...
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posted by anonymous
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by anonymous

Useful tree stumps?

I had about a dozen trees taken out a few years ago for a pool area. Stumps were ground and planted grass. I recently h...
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posted by none
6 comments posted 21yrs posted by none

Mower problem

Getting ready to take a Snapper 26" w/B&S 7 hp back to dealer for warranty work. Since I'm not very mechanically inclin...
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posted by none
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by none

Removing dirt from around tree base

I have two large trees in my backyard. One is an oak and the other is an ash. Currently the trees are surrounded by dou...
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posted by keturoskey
3 comments posted 21yrs posted by keturoskey

Water hammer

I recently replaced the solenoids on my two Lawn Genie automatic anti-siphon lawn sprinkler valves and now there is wat...
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posted by melnadja
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by melnadja

How to get rid of mold on Garden Hose?

Anyone have a solution to get rid of those ugly black spots that accumulate on a hose that is wrapped around one of tho...
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posted by captmikey
6 comments posted 21yrs posted by captmikey

Dixon SpeedZTR 30

Sorry... hit the enter instead of the tab.... Hi, I was curious if anyone owned this mower. I am considering purchasing...
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posted by oberusal
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cedar apple rust

Hi. I've got cedar apple rust and I've got Ferbam. Is there any point to spraying Ferbam on the two apple trees if ther...
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posted by meirman
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by meirman

good trees for screening?

What are some good tress for screening (privacy purposes) other than Leyland Cypress? I don't want anything that grows a...
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posted by terps2703
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by terps2703

Help identifying a plant

Was wondering if I could get some help identifying a plant...I believe it's a perennial planted by a previous homeowner...
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posted by anonymous
11 comments posted 21yrs posted by anonymous

Landscape idea wanted

I'm looking for ideas on how best to deal with the back of my yard. Go to http://www.chesslink.net/back_yard.jpg to see...
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posted by brian_sheeres
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by brian_sheeres

Seeding a New Lawn - Neat Trick

Has anybody else ever done this? Last year, I repaired a large portion of my lawn after extensive excavation work was d...
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posted by smith
8 comments posted 21yrs posted by smith

seeded lawn rather patchy

hi all seeded a lawn 15X17ft with seed given to me by a neighbour, bu the resulting lawn? is patchy ,proberbly due to b...
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posted by weed.1pp1jy
7 comments posted 21yrs posted by weed.1pp1jy